One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.
Philip Emeagwali | top

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At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different, and, in fact, greater, challenges when attempting to treat complications of HIV disease.
Paul Farmer | top

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I recommend the same therapies for all humans with HIV. There is no reason to believe that physiologic responses to therapy will vary across lines of class, culture, race or nationality.
Paul Farmer | top

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In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order to treat HIV among the world's poor is one of the last great hopes of solidarity across a widening divide.
Paul Farmer | top

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HIV infection and AIDS is growing - but so too is public apathy. We have already lost too many friends and colleagues.
David Geffen | top

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And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening.
Elton John | top

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I tell you, it's funny because the only time I think about HIV is when I have to take my medicine twice a day.
Magic Johnson | top

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The important thing is this Just because I'm doing well doesn't mean that they're going to do well if they get HIV. A lot of people have died since I have announced. This disease is not going anywhere.
Magic Johnson | top

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Abstinence, being faithful and correct and consistent condom use are the only ways to successfully reach everyone when discussing HIV prevention. I believe that the abstinence message alone does not solve the AIDS epidemic.
Ashley Judd | top

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Aside from all that, we recall that antibodies to malaria and other diseases prevalent in Africa show up as HIV-positive on tests.
Serge Lang | top

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Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the transmission of this virus by transfusions.
Serge Lang | top

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There exist thousands of Americans who have AIDS-defining diseases but are HIV negative.
Serge Lang | top

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People wait in line to see me, saying there's plenty of living to be done even if you have an HIV diagnosis. People say they are 10- or 15-year survivors and still moving forward.
Greg Louganis | top

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I did this role in Life Goes On as an HIV positive character and so emotionally that was the most challenging.
Chad Lowe | top

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I think we should put the same weight now on the co-factors as we have on HIV.
Luc Montagnier | top

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We are working with a biotech company, Calypte, which has designed a urine test for the HIV antibody.
Luc Montagnier | top

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Do we care about these people that are HIV-positive whose lives have been ruined? Those are the people I'm the most concerned about. Every night I think about this.
Kary Mullis | top

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I couldn't care less if the guy I'm guarding has HIV. I'm going to slam him anyway.
Dennis Rodman | top

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The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.
Jeremiah Wright | top